Display-tray for barrel-covers.



ma. mms3.' Patented Feb. l2, 19m.

s. H. KLEIN.

DISPLAY TRAY FR BARREL COVERS.

(Application Bled Feb. 4, 1898.)

(No Model.)

drains Partnr risica SIMON II. KLEIN, OF MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI.

SPE-GIFJIGATIUM termine; part of Letters Patent No. 668,103, dated February 12, 1901.

application filed February 4:, 1898. Serial No. 669,168. KNO model.)

To (ir/ZZ 1071/0711, it nt/ty] concern:

de it known that I, SIMON H. KLEIN, residing at Meridian, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Display-Tray for Barrel-Covers, oi' which the following is a speciiication.

This invention relates to trays for displaying samples of goods, and more especially to sample-display trays lor barrel-covers.

One object of this invention is to provide an improved tray i'or the display of samples ot' the contents of a barrel or other receptacle capable of being readily attached to any receptacle Within which goods for sale are placed, `which device shall not interfere with the opening or closing of the cover and Will obviate the annoyance caused by having the goods exposed to d ust, iies, dsc., by being uncovered, and which shall also provide for the display of a clean unbroken sample not subject to being bruised by handling, as is the case Where the receptacle is left uncovered.

A further object accomplished by this invention is to prevent the petty purloining of goods from open receptacles; and With these objects in view the invention consists in the novel construction, arrangement, and combinations ot parts, hereinafter more fully described and afternfard speciiieally pointed out in the claim.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, having reference to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speciiication, in whichliigure l is a perspective vieu7 oi the upper portion of a barrel having thereon a cover provided With a display-tray constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. is a detail perspective view of the under side oi the cover with the samliile-display tray open. Fig. 3 is a verl-ical section through the parts shown in lTig. l, the display-tray being omitted.

Like letters or' rei'erence indicate the same parts wherever they occur throughout the various figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A in dicates a barrel oi` any ordinary construction provided with a cover l5, which may also be of ordinary construction, except that it is provided With a central opening, which is rabbeted on the outside to receive a transparent pane C, secured in position by putty or a retaining-strip D. To the under side of the cover, as at E, is hinged a pan or tray F, corresponding in contour to the opening in the barrel-cover and of a slightly-greater diameter. The edge of the tray around its opening is turned and wired, as at G, and this Wire serves not only as a pintle of the hinge E, but also as the pivot, upon which is mounted a hasp H at the side of the tray opposite tothe hinge. The edge of the tray is cut away at diametrically opposite sides to form recesses for the reception of the hinge and the hasp and at the same time to expose the Wire for their reception, thereby producing a very cheap and substantial means for securing the tray in position. When the tray is closed up against the under surface of the barrel-cover, this hasp engages over a keeper I and is secured in its closed position by means ofa pin K, which is passed for that purpose through the keeper, s clearly shown in Fig. 3. To prevent mislaying the pin, it may be suspended by a cord L, secured to the bottom of the barrel-cover. To use my improved display-tray, the cover is removed from the barrel, the pin K removed from the keeper I, and the tray opened upon its hinge, When it maybe filled in Whole or in part with the goods to be displayed. The keeper is now closed against the barrelcover, the hasp II passed over the keeper I, and the pin K placed in position over the keeper in the hasp, thus securing the tray against the under side of the barrel-cover under the transparent pane C, when the barrel-cover may be placed upon the barrel and, if desired,locked or otherwise secured thereon. It will be apparent from the 'foregoing that my improved displaytray may be readily attached to anyreceptacle other than a barrel Where such a device is desirable. It Will be readily seen that the tray can be easily secured to the top of a show-case or upon a box of any description, and in such applications of my invention it will only be necessary to attach the hinge and keeper in order to secure the tray in place. Many other applications of my dis play-tray Will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art.

Having thus fully described my invention,

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ally opposite points, forming recesses, a hinge upon the wire in one recess and a slotted hasp -upou the wire in the other recess, the hinge being secured to the cover in position to permit of the hasp being placed over the staple when the tray is closed, substantially as described.

SIMON H. KLEIN. Witnesses:

R. H. WHITFIELD, J. A. OHEATHAM. 

